I*'.t4 I'l.ANT l.II'K OF ALM'.AMA. 



Other species ol" llie simic iM-riod are — 



KntitsihodoH drnmmitndii. h'nuiirin srrrnla. 



I'lnjHfDinilnim liirhiudtimi IniuiloiKii, I'oli/lriihiini liraihypln/Hiim. 



/■'iiiuiria llaviratin. 



These are followed, witli Mm' advamr of spriii<;-, l)y — 



Mollia riridiila. lUtrtrnm'ut radiraUx. 



MolVia lt»i(jhet(i. 



Nearly all of this and the preceding' ^loup arc coiilined to tlio Loiiisi- 

 anian and adjoininj:; parts of the Carolinian life areas. 



Tlu' tree-covered swamps and rich hammock land shaded by live oak 

 and inajiiiolia, their air saturated with moisture, otter favorable retreats 

 for mosses, many of which are pe(!uliar to this region. Such are — 



Fi88idi'n>< dontieUli. Sdilotheiniia suUiratitii. 



Itaphidotste(/ium intcrocarjuim. Cryphava nervosa. 



Lvptodon immersum. Entodoti druvimondii. 



These grow on trunks and roots of trees. In the deeper recesses of 

 the swamps, on decayed prostrate trunks, are found — 



Syrrhopodon Jioridanus. Leucohryum j;h»u7«wi . 



Syrrhopodon texanuH. lUiizoyonium spinifornif. 



Neckira Indorlclav. Plnf/iofheciiini inicanH. 



On the ground and on stones and old walls are frequent. — 



Desmatodon pUntliohiua. Ilryiim hicolor. 



Bryinn caespilic'mm. Thitidium microphyllum. 



liryum nutans. 



In clear swiftly running brooks, attached to roots and submersed 

 timber, Foutinalis iUsticha is frequent, while the southern Dichelyma 

 subulaUim occurs on stones in the Chattahoochee River. 



Class MUSCI. Mosses. 



Order SF»H>3>^CxN AI^E^. Bot; or Peat Mosses. 



Family SPHAGNACEAE. 



SPHAGNUM L. 



Sphagnum cuspidatuni (Ehili.) Knss. A Warnst. 



Floating in springs and ponds over the State. Mobile County. Raccoon Moun- 

 tains (Aes7«ere)t.»). Cullman County. 



Louisianian to Allegheniau area. Louisiana au<l Florida to Canada. 



Sphagnum cuspidatuni submersum Schiuip. 



Shallow pine-barren ]ionds. ^Mobile County. 



Louisianian to Alleghonian area. North to New Jersey and Nova Scotia. 

 Sphagnum cuspidatum torreyanum (Sulliv.) Lesq. & James. 



Bogs. Raccoon Mountains, Morgan County (Lesqiicreux). 



Louisianian area to Boreal region. Florida north to New F2nglaud and Canada. 



